The 'Jesus saves' marine list

[CylonDorado]

Ok, I was just thumbing through my shiny new marine codex (I just bought it for my dad's budding army, honest ) when legion of the damned caught my eye. If you're unfamiliar with this unit, it's pretty much a tactical squad that's an elites choice, they've got 2 attacks, they're slow and purposeful, they have fearless instead of combat tactics, they have 3+ invulnerable saves all around, and they always deep strike (and you're allowed to re-roll the scatter dice).

I thought it would be cool to fill out all the elites slots with them, just for the image in my head of an imperial commander reporting to his superiors, "we were about to lose, but then we were saved by magic flaming Space Marines....*silence*"

I really like the fluff mostly, but how do you think an army like this would work? Against most things, they're just normal space marines, but I think they would be good to deep strike a heavy flamer, or tar pit a walker/monstrous creature if you throw in a power fist, or move and shoot a las-cannon (they are expensive as hell though, points wise )

[The Custodian]

Ive considered using them as deamon hunters allies for an IG list, much more fluff fitting. They are nice, however I wish they were not elites so you could actually make a full amry of them

[Zemox]

I like them deep striking, no need to go hunting for food if they dropp down to you out of free will.

[Elaitor]

I was really surprised to see them appear again, and this time in an official army codex.
The Legion hasn't been around since the end of 2nd edition, and back then you could actually have a whole army of them, if I remember correctly.
Too bad that, as with the old Death Company, it was usable "only with opponent consent"

Having them as an Elite slot in the new 5th edition SM armies can make for a few very interesting twists. I like them.

[tgaunt]

they are extremely good to kill deamons. deepstrike heavy flamer and watch the bloodletter die first and then parry their powerweapon attacks with invul saves!

[braytac]

the are just to damm expensive!
155 point for 1 5 man squad that is armed whit regular bolters.
the special and heavy weapons are point wise ineffective(20 points for a flamer plasma ore melta gun!!)
in my opinion one of the worst things in the codex to take unless you are a fluff freak

[theawakened]

You do realize the potential of deep-striking a heavy flamer, right? Or a 3+ invulnerable save?

[CylonDorado]

True, and a lot of the weapons are the same price as on a normal tacticle squad. (But yeah, nobody should EVER take a normal flamer).

[Zemox]

Theyre pretty much as tough as assault termies with TH and SS. But they are expensive, wich is good

[braytac]

Mar 20, 2009 2:10:47 GMT theawakened said:

You do realize the potential of deep-striking a heavy flamer, right? Or a 3+ invulnerable save?

yes i do but a 5 man legion of the dammed squad whit heavy flamer is 185 point and you scatter when you deepstrike.
and you may only re-roll the scatter dice not the distance and sinse a heavy flamer is quite limited in his range.

the are just to expensive to use as a sue side unit that has a great potential to fail in there mission.

and the still die as easily against non ap3 weapons such as heavy bolters and scatter lasers as regular marines do.

if you want a heavy flamer i would take terminators.

[CylonDorado]

Well, I don't know. Termies might be better in a lot of situtuations, but these arn't so bad they "are only for fluff freaks," whatever that is.

[esjyt]

Mar 19, 2009 4:12:20 GMT The Custodian said:

Ive considered using them as deamon hunters allies for an IG list, much more fluff fitting. They are nice, however I wish they were not elites so you could actually make a full amry of them

they were